EPISODE 396Broadcast on Channel 5 Friday 06 November 1998 04:40 Sonia finds herself at the mercy of Joan, but finds that the latter has no compassion whatsoever. Wally turns detective to help Rosemary.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Bea ~ Val Lehman Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Scott ~ Tim Elston Helen ~ Caroline Gillmer Rosemary Kaye ~ Jodie Yemm Mrs Beeton ~ Marion Edwards Rod Miller ~ Chris Waters Hazel Kent ~ Belinda Davey Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Sonia Stevens ~ Tina Bursill Randi Goodlove ~ Zoe Bertram Eddie Stevens ~ Norman Yemm Jerry Turner ~ John Bowman George Coxcombe ~ Geoff Parry Barbara Coxcombe ~ Fincina Hopgood Johnny Coxcombe ~ Braedon Lord Officer Barry ~ Joy Westmore Female solicitor ~ Nadia Tass ![]() Police Sergeant ~ Derek Williams Van Driver ~ Rod West The surname of Hazel's ex-partner and children was previously Goscombe | Phyllis finds herself using the same bar of soap in the showers ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
EPISODE 397Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 07 November 1998 04:40 Sonia and Joan join forces in a profitable enterprise at Wentworth. Lizzie prepares for her day as a high-society lady, and Hazel asks for Judy's help in her hour of need.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Bea ~ Val Lehman Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Scott ~ Tim Elston Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Rosemary Kaye ~ Jodie Yemm Hazel Kent ~ Belinda Davey Sonia Stevens ~ Tina Bursill Randi Goodlove ~ Zoe Bertram Shirley Mills ~ Lyn Semmler Fred Dunn ~ John McCullum-Howell ![]() Raymond Gilbert ~ Marc Allan Arthur Richards ~ Sydney Jackson Brenda Turner ~ Anne Salomon ![]() OTHER CHARACTERSOfficer Brown (non-speaking) ~ Geraldine GirvanSonia appears in the opening mugshot sequence in place of Pixie. | Sonia says nothing when interviewed by Ann about the escape attempt. Ann asks Joan how Sonia got in the van: she blames Colleen. Rosemary goes to live at Driscoll and immediately phones to place Pixie's advert in the Dispatch. Joan says she'll let her run whatever racket she likes to try to earn a bit of her money back. Joan tries to object to Ann's plan to put Sonia to share a cell with Petra, but senses she shouldn't push it too far or make it obvious that she's seeking favours for Sonia. Sonia is not pleased with the news that she won't be getting a single cell, but tells Joan of her idea for a numbers racket with Phyllis to front it. Arthur Richards is persuaded to allow Lizzie day release to meet Foxy. Sonia is moved to Petra's cell, and Petra is about as pleased with this as Sonia is. Rosemary starts a job in a chip shop and is warned about the boss by her predecessor. Arthur Richards hints to Ann that because of Sonia's "standing in the community" she ought to drop some of the charges arising from the escape attempt, but Ann stands firm. Petra sees her solicitor about her trial: she finally agrees to tell the whole truth about her father. Sonia starts to make demands of Joan, but gets a slap in the face to pull her into line. Lizzie is worried that she doesn't have anything to wear to meet Mick, so Bea proposes she is given a grant from the Fresh Start fund to buy a new outfit. Judy tells Hazel that her court appearance went well as the charges were dismissed, but Helen wasn't so lucky and was sentenced to three years in Barnhurst. Pixie is pleased to see her advert in the paper. Phyllis starts selling numbers: Bea is suspicious, but agrees that it can go ahead. Bea gets Irene Henderson to let Lizzie use her house for Mick's visit: Colleen says she will ask permission, but that she and Meg will be going along too. Phyllis tries to back out of the numbers racket when she gets only a tiny payout from Sonia, but Sonia says she'll have to put up with it. Hazel visits Wentworth to see her old mates: Phyllis walks away without speaking to her, and Hazel guesses this is because she's squeamish and afraid of illness. Lizzie gets her new clothes and practises talking posh with the help of an elocution tape: Randi and Petra give additional lessons in sophistication. Joan threatens Phyllis when she wants to back out of the numbers racket. Hazel's illness worsens ![]() |
EPISODE 398Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 08 November 1998 04:40 Bea tries to stop the Freak and Sonia from taking over Wentworth. Lizzie's grand day out ends in the truth being revealed, while Petra can hardly believe the results of her trial.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Bea ~ Val Lehman Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Scott ~ Tim Elston Rosemary Kaye ~ Jodie Yemm Hazel Kent ~ Belinda Davey Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Sonia Stevens ~ Tina Bursill Randi Goodlove ~ Zoe Bertram Eddie Stevens ~ Norman Yemm Mick "Foxy" Lawson ~ Reg Evans ![]() Watson ~ George Dixon ![]() Prosecuting Counsel ~ Clive Hearn Fred Dunn ~ John McCullum-Howell Raymond Gilbert ~ Marc Allan Jane Desmond ~ Penelope Shelton Male Hairdresser ~ Gary Jones ![]() Defence Counsel ~ Denzil Howson ![]() Judge ~ Ray Burgess ![]() Waiter ~ John Forsyth Tipstaff ~ Bill McLorinan Petra's trial features yet again the standard PCBH six person jury. | Bea asks Phyllis if Joan is taking a cut from her racket: Phyllis nervously and unconvincingly denies it. Judy refuses to let Scott admit Hazel to hospital. Scott prescribes morphine for Hazel and warns Judy not to give her more than four doses in 24 hours. Bea catches Phyllis handing money over to Sonia and warns Sonia to make sure she gives it all back to the women it came from by next morning. Bea announces that the numbers game is over and no-one should buy any more, but Phyllis heavies Pixie and Lizzie into buying numbers later on. Randi is released. Replies to Pixie's ad arrive at Wentworth. Colleen and Meg accompany Lizzie on her day release: she demands to go the hairdresser first. [The shocking wallpaper ![]() ![]() ![]() |
EPISODE 399Broadcast on Channel 5 Tuesday 10 November 1998 04:40 Bea is told that she no longer rules the women. Judy faces the worst decision of her life.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Bea ~ Val Lehman Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Scott ~ Tim Elston Sonia ~ Tina Bursill Rosemary ~ Jodie Yemm Hazel ~ Belinda Davey Betty Daley ~ Suzanne Dudley Peg Martin ~ Elaine McKenna ![]() Mrs O'Reagan ~ Christine Calcutt Johnny Brent ~ Hardy Stow ![]() Diner ~ John Adams ![]() Tammy Fisher ~ Louise Siversen ![]() Mrs O'Reagan is credited as "Mrs O'Regan". Meg does not appear in this episode. | Judy refuses to help Hazel, even by putting all her pill sat her bed-side so she can take them herself. Bea tells the women of her suspicion that Phyllis isn't working for Sonia, but for Joan. Ann can't see any reason why Pixie shouldn't be allowed to reply to the responses to her ad provided she doesn't break any of the censorship rules. Sonia gives Bea notice she intends to take over, and intends to buy the women's support. Petra rejects Sonia's latest overtures of friendship and tells her she won't find Bea so easy to get rid of. The women help Pixie to compose her replies, though as Lizzie remarks there are a few that are too depraved even to read - like the one from the man who says he has a "German Shepherd" (...?!) Sonia suggests to Joan she turns a blind eye to the making of illicit grog, and Joan sees the appeal of Sonia's argument that Joan couldn't be blamed because no-one would ever believe she could be involved (..really?) Joan makes Pixie pick up one of her letters after Sonia has contemptuously screwed it up into a ball and thrown it on the floor. Wally warns Judy not to risk being sent back to Wentworth for aiding a suicide. Joan orders Lizzie to steal material from the kitchen, while Sonia saves potato peel from a huge pile Pixie has peeled ![]() ![]() ![]() |
EPISODE 400Broadcast on Channel 5 Wednesday 11 November 1998 04:40 Joan disposes of Bea permanently. Meanwhile, Ann is caught in a compromising situation.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Bea ~ Val Lehman Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Scott ~ Tim Elston Rosemary ~ Jodie Yemm Hazel ~ Belinda Davey Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Sonia ~ Tina Bursill Betty Daley ~ Suzanne Dudley Police Sergeant ~ Victor Kaye ![]() Paul Reynolds ~ Paul Newman Mr Askin ~ Telford Jackson Shirley Mills ~ Lyn Semmler Clive Featherstone ~ Robert Van Macklenberg ![]() Andy West ~ Rod Richardson ![]() Officer Barfield ~ Delva Hunter Frances ~ Wanda Davidson Frances is credited as "Francis" Meg does not appear in this episode either. Hence perhaps the sudden loquaciousness of Officer Barfield? Unless Bea is left handed, surely Joan should have made sure the scratches were on her own left cheek as a righthanded person facing you would not usually scratch your right cheek? And aren't the scratches already visible | Pixie thinks the stuff has disappeared from the cell because Sonia took it back to the kitchen. When Bea accuses Lizzie directly of making grog, she denies it. Judy lies on her bed recalling her last conversation with Hazel and leaves Betty to find Hazel dead. Petra tells the women about Scott's proposal but says she will turn him down. Scott fills out the death certifictae for Hazel, saying that she died of heart failure. This pricks Judy's guilty conscience and she asks Scott if he thinks anyone will believe that: Betty overhears and starts to work out what really happened. Sonia suggests Joan has Bea transferred to allow her to take over. A newspaper reporter has written to Pixie to get a story for his column, but using a colleague's name so Pixie doesn't recognise who he is. Sonia gives out cigarettes to Lizzie, and she takes them even though Sonia clearly indicates that they came from Joan. Lizzie asks to see the doctor so she can talk to Scott about Petra. Her advice is that he should make Petra "feel like a woman" ... by buying her a bunch of flowers. Joan tells Ann the booze was Bea's idea and that she is planning a riot: she threatens to go over Ann's head to get Bea transferred. Betty accuses Judy of giving Hazel the overdose and is thrown out of Driscoll. Bea breaks up a game of two up and punches Phyllis: Joan puts her in solitary for fighting and organising the gambling. Colleen advises Scott to wait to marry Petra until she is released, though when she admits that the wedding would make Petra's time easier, it seems to make up his mind for him. Rosemary tells Wally that she recognises the name of someone she knew in the replies that Pixie passed on to her, and Wally suggests that she should write back to him. Joan taunts Bea with references to Debbie until she snaps and attacks her ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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